House passes bill creating Felony charge for organ retention

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House passes bill creating Felony charge for organ retention

A bill is moving forward in the Alabama Legislature to make it a Class C felony for medical examiners to retain the organs of an individual without notifying the person’s next of kin. HB200 by Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, comes on the heels of a reports that multiple incarcerated individuals who died within Alabama’s prison system being returned to their families with organs missing. Multiple lawsuits have been filed this year by families o…